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Panoptix: Exploring prison-based social media as a design space

Elrod, Nathan J
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6949-3689
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1573575537667779

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2019, MS, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Information Technology.
This study explores the philosophical foundations, benefits and shortcomings, and potential design space of a prison-based social media application – Panoptix. This exploration begins by attempting to understanding constructs of ICT utility in prison - recreation, socialization, and social control - that can be used to assess stakeholder viewpoints. It used these constructs to develop a survey that was shared with a sampling of stakeholders - police and corrections officers, formerly incarcerated individuals, and individuals with no direct corrections contact. The results were then analyzed to better understand opportunities and challenges that such a system may present. This study found that viewpoints did in fact vary across stakeholder groups. Across all respondents, greater value is assigned to recreation and socialization in the prison environment than inmate control. Furthermore, the perceived value of social media in these same areas of utility was ambivalent across all groups except for the formerly incarcerated, who overall appear to view the recreational, socialization and control value of social media more strongly. These are presented as early findings that show potential for future work on this design space.
Jess Kropczynski, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
M. Murat Ozer, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
70 p.
Information Technology
Design exploration; needfinding; stakeholder perceptions; social media; prison; penitentiary ICTs

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  • Elrod, N. J. (2019). Panoptix: Exploring prison-based social media as a design space [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1573575537667779

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Elrod, Nathan. Panoptix: Exploring prison-based social media as a design space. 2019. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1573575537667779.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Elrod, Nathan. "Panoptix: Exploring prison-based social media as a design space." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1573575537667779

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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